"Nurly Zhol" Infrastructure Development Program for 2015-2019

The "Nurly Zhol" program was approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.1030 dated April 6, 2015.

The goal is to form a single economic market by integrating macro-regions of the country on the basis of building an effective infrastructure hub principle for long-term economic growth in Kazakhstan, as well as the implementation of anti-crisis measures to support specific sectors of the economy in the conditions on external markets conjuncture deterioration.

The key objectives of the program are:

establishment of an efficient transport and logistics infrastructure for the "ray" principle;

development of industrial infrastructure and tourism infrastructure;

strengthening energy infrastructure within the Unified Energy System;

modernization (reconstruction and construction) infrastructure of housing and communal services and heat systems, water supply and sanitation;

increase the affordability of housing for citizens;

the development of education infrastructure;

improving the competitiveness of businesses;

support of domestic mechanical engineering;

export promotion;

improving the competitiveness of agribusiness entities;

provision of infrastructure projects "Roadmap for business-2020";

security product quality through the development of laboratory base;

security studies of Kazakhstan with the evaluation of prognostic resources

During the period of implementation of the program it is planned to achieve the following target indicators:

in 2019 to ensure GDP growth of 15.7% by 2014;

in 2015 - 2019 to create jobs for 395.5 thousand people, including the following:

Permanent - 86.9 thousand people;

time - 308.6 thousand people..

In 2019 increase in the WEF rankings on the quality of basic infrastructure up to 57 seats.